THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MOTORIZED SOLAR STREET SWEEPING MACHINE

Abstract

Cleanliness is one of the good values which people have been looking at since the beginning of human existence. Street sweeping plays significant role in this regard in order to make our street clean. Street sweeping is a daily activity of the sweepers of the society. As a result of limited human -resources and vast development of geographical area, this cleaning activity cannot be more effective in daily basis in all the area. Automation of the street sweeping activity is hence gaining significance. In the cities cleaning of the street is usually carried out by using certain cleaning attachments mounting over vehicles. There are others machine tools available in the society which are either operated using petrol, diesel or in the form attachments to the moving vehicles. Considering the need for eco-friendly powering of the sweeping machine and automated cleaning using less human power, we designed and fabricated a solar powered street sweeping machine that can be used for sweeping streets. The machine consists of two watts of solar panel mounted on its top and a battery unit which can be used to powered the entire machine. The electricity generated using the solar panel is stored in the battery which can be used to provide energy to operate the motor. The machine has been designed and fabricated for consideration for low energy consumption, minimizing human effort, eco-friendly and easy to operate and handle.